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M. H. CRANE 8v D. M. JEWBTT.

Comm. NU. 351,742.

UNITED i STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

MARTIN H. CRANE AND DANIEL M. JEWETT, OF CINCINNATI,OHIO, SIGNORS TO THE CRANE 8U BREED MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF

SAME PLACE.

COFFIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,742. dated November 2, 1886 Application filed August 27, 1856. Serial No. 211.965. (N0 11101161.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that We, MARTIN H. CRANE and DANIEL M. J EWETT, citizens of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new-and useful Improvements in Coffins, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXaet description, reference being had to the.

accompanying drawings, forming partpof this speciiicatlon. ,v

Our lnvention relates to improvements in cofns of that class known as metallic cask- In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal centralsection in elevation of our improved coftin. Fig. 2 is a sectional detail through the fiange, showing its method of attachment to the upper edge of the body. Fig. 3 is a sectionaldetail showing one of the handlesockets and the manner of securing the wooden lining. Fig. et is a sectional detail showing the manner of securing the metal b ody to the wooden bottom. Fig. 5 is a sec-v tional detail representing a modiicationin the construction of the bottom. Fig. 6 is -a sectional end elevation through the dotted line.

w x of Fig. l.

The same letters of reference are used to indicate identical parts in all the figures.

The body A of the coffin is of sheet metal, made comparatively light, and intended to be sti'ffened and strengthened by interior wooden linings B on each side, and an exterior wooden bottom, C. At the upper edge of the body and extending around4 the coffin is the flange D, to which the lid (not here shown) is to be fitted and hermetically secured. To secure this ange, which is usually of castlor malleablemetal, to the upper edge of the body, we provide a strip of tin or zinc, a, which, inserted securely in a notch in the inner side of the llange, preferably when the same is cast,

' we employ socketed lugs b,which, soldered or is bent down and confines the Vupper edge of the body between itself and the flange, as shown in Fig. 2. A tight joint is then effected by solder.

The wooden linings B extend from the top to the bottom of the body and along the straight sides of the same up to the curves at each end. To hold these linings in place and to secure them firmly to the sides of the body,

otherwise tightly secured to the body, extend through perforations in the wooden lining and have retaining-washers c soldered upon their inner ends. These lugs,in addition to serving to secure the wooden linings B, also serve as sockets, into which the handles for carrying the casket y(not here shown) are screwed. To furtherhold the linings B in place and to secure them to the body, top strips, d, and bottom strips, e, are employed. Of these the former, soldered to the inner side of the flange D at intervals, are bent vover the top of the linings B, and are secdred thereto by tacks or small screws. VThe latter, e, are right-angular strips at intervals, whose horizontal sides are soldered to the bottom of the body, and whose vertical sides bear against the inner sides of the wooden linings. Y E F are wooden lining-strips bent to t the curves at the end and secured, the former at the bottom and the latter at the top of the inner side of the body, and are held in place by soldered sheet-metal strips f and g, as shown.

The wooden bottom C, as shown in Fig. l,

may be of a single piece, with its projecting edge formed into an ornamental molding; or, as seen in Fig. 5, where greater lightness is sought, it may be composed 'of two thin pieces, h z', secured by an interposed framing-piece, j, and with the molding k secured thereto as a separate piece.l To secure the casket upon this wooden bottom, ordinary wood-screws, m, Fig. 4, are employed,which are passed through their heads covered by strips n, of tin or zinc, which are soldered over them.

In this manner we produce a coffin which, of light and comparatively cheap construction, is perfectly strong, may be made very orna= mental, and is entirely airtight; and,

the metal bottom of the body A, and have IOC Having thus fully described our invention, a, the wooden linings B, secured by the strips We elaimd and e and socketed handle-lugs b, the lining- -l. In a coffin, the combination, with the stripSEF, and bottom C, the parts constructed metallic body, of the Wooden linings fitted to and united substantially in the manner and 15 5 the inner sides tliereoextending from the top for the purpose specified.

to the bottoni of the body,and secured thereto T 4 by sooketed lugs provided n fith retniningwashers, and serving as means for securing the handles, substantially as described. "Witnesses: Io 2. The combination, with the metallic body WV. J. BREED,

A, of the flange l), united thereto bythe strip EDWARD XV. RECTOR. 

